Invisible can merely be concealed in such a manner as to not be detectible to the eye. Transparent allows light to pass through without distortion. Although this sounds more translucent, light passes through with slightly noticible effect.
Main Entry: invisible Pronunciation: (")in-'vi-z&-b&l Function: adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin invisibilis, from in- + visibilis visible 1 a : incapable by nature of being seen b : inaccessible to view : HIDDEN 2 : IMPERCEPTIBLE, INCONSPICUOUS 3 a : not appearing in published financial statements b : not reflected in statistics
Perhaps they just want you to be able to take your SUN systems, pull the drives, throw away the box and pop the drives into an XSAN to migrate all of your data over to XServes.
Maybe he knew that since his stocks had vested that Apple stock would continue to rise and he would have to pay capital gains on the rising stock prices. Apple stock has gone up roughly $8 per share since the fourth of April. That is roughly a gain of $2,400,000,000 at a 20% tax bracket (I know it's probably more, but everyone always complains that the rich pay less taxes and I'm only speaking hypothetically anyway.) that's $480,000,000 in additional taxes.
Plus, the guy only takes a $1 per year salary in return for large amounts of stock so it probably evens out anyway. If he didn't think that the price would go up I'm sure he wouldn't be able to do that. I mean have you checked out the cost of living in CA recently?
This is OK as long as when the battery dies you are stuck with long distance vision by default. Otherwise there could be some problems.
I can see it now, some poor schlub is flying down the freeway, the batteries die and all he can see is everything three feet in front of him and CRASH!
Driver: "Sorry officer, the batteries in my glasses died and I couldn't see." Officer: "Batteries... in glasses???? Ok, arms out to your sides, stand on one foot and touch your nose."
And I thought we were all screaming for Ice Cream.
Boy did I get that wrong.
The one thing that is seriously missing from the equation is DVDs. Since the video can't be burned I would like to have the ability to put my DVD collection into iTunes. One click and it downloads the video into Apples copy protected format. I can put them on my iPod and take them with me when I travel. When I get to my destination I plug into a TV with the supplied cable and viola the kids can watch their DVDs. I honestly wouldn't even mind if they downsampled the video to native TV resolution if that helped the MPAA not have seizures that you can put a dvd on the ipod. And yes, I know that I can use OSS tools and spend a little time converting all my video files to Mpeg4 or h.264 but for the masses a one click solution from Apple would work best.
Yes, I am a big enough ass that if the clerk at the store doesn't even look at me during a rather large transaction, never speaks to me and asks me as I'm leaving to check the ID on the card that I've already put back in my wallet that I don't hand it back.
You have two choices at that point: Detain me (illegally) for trying to walk out with merchandise that I have a valid receipt for, or complete a void on that sale before I hit the door and shop somewhere else. Either way the clerk needs to at least check the card at the time of the sale.
I always write "See ID" on the back of my cards. Most people don't bother to check, but some do and then I tell them this story.
When my wife and I were out appliance shopping we went into the local Best Buy. We picked out a washer, dryer, and a couple of other things totaling about $1,800. When we got to the front the cashier was more interested in talking to the young girl standing next to the checkout stand than to even acknowledge my wife and I. With no greeting, and no eye contact, he completed the entire transaction and handed me back the card. It wasn't until I had put my wallet away that he asked to check the signatures. When he saw that the signature line said "See ID" he asked for my ID. I told him that I couldn't show him my ID because the card was stolen and it wouldn't match. His jaw dropped to the ground as he frantically started to void the transaction.
When I got his manager to the front I explained that by not checking before hand he had made the merchant liable for any damages caused by using the stolen card. When the manager told me, " if there had been a problem they would have simply voided the transaction, thus clearing any problems for the person whose card had been stolen." I pointed out that many credit card companies took out the transactions immediately, but processed the returns only after they had been "cleared" by the merchant. (Try it, Target & Best Buy will pull immediately, but not return for a couple of days.) Since they would have just tied up my entire credit limit, if my wife had been out using her legitimate card at a business dinner, it would have been declined causing great anguish on her part possibly opening to a pain and suffering type lawsuit.
I don't always resort to that story, but the kid ticked me off. I wonder if the manager even wrote him up for not acknowledging the customer.
I would agree. I used to play a computer version of acquire on my Kaypro as a child. I love this game. It is simple to learn, but complicated enough that it is challenging to win.
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Invisible can merely be concealed in such a manner as to not be detectible to the eye. Transparent allows light to pass through without distortion. Although this sounds more translucent, light passes through with slightly noticible effect.
Main Entry: invisible
Pronunciation: (")in-'vi-z&-b&l
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin invisibilis, from in- + visibilis visible
1 a : incapable by nature of being seen b : inaccessible to view : HIDDEN
2 : IMPERCEPTIBLE, INCONSPICUOUS
3 a : not appearing in published financial statements b : not reflected in statistics
misterious:
Of or pertaining to the mists.
as in, "The fresh dew on the grass was misterious."
Seriously? Mysterious? Why did you have it in quotes? Were you trying to draw attention to it?
Perhaps they just want you to be able to take your SUN systems, pull the drives, throw away the box and pop the drives into an XSAN to migrate all of your data over to XServes.
First it was patents, and now articles...... Can't these guys nail anything down?
I think the more important question is: "Have enough IT jobs gone to foreign countries that we're being forced to bag groceries for a living?"
Seriously, unless you're planning to get rich via discrimination lawsuit does it matter?
Maybe he knew that since his stocks had vested that Apple stock would continue to rise and he would have to pay capital gains on the rising stock prices. Apple stock has gone up roughly $8 per share since the fourth of April. That is roughly a gain of $2,400,000,000 at a 20% tax bracket (I know it's probably more, but everyone always complains that the rich pay less taxes and I'm only speaking hypothetically anyway.) that's $480,000,000 in additional taxes.
Plus, the guy only takes a $1 per year salary in return for large amounts of stock so it probably evens out anyway. If he didn't think that the price would go up I'm sure he wouldn't be able to do that. I mean have you checked out the cost of living in CA recently?
I can see it now, some poor schlub is flying down the freeway, the batteries die and all he can see is everything three feet in front of him and CRASH!
Driver: "Sorry officer, the batteries in my glasses died and I couldn't see."Officer: "Batteries... in glasses???? Ok, arms out to your sides, stand on one foot and touch your nose."
But, if you want to use your thumb, why not put it in the middle? That's where BOTH of your thumbs are when in typing position!!!
Hmm... Take ordinary powerbook, make it completely unique and it becomes worthless?!?!
:P
Sure hope nobody at eBay finds out all their unique one of a kinds are worthless.
And I thought we were all screaming for Ice Cream .
Boy did I get that wrong.
The one thing that is seriously missing from the equation is DVDs. Since the video can't be burned I would like to have the ability to put my DVD collection into iTunes. One click and it downloads the video into Apples copy protected format. I can put them on my iPod and take them with me when I travel. When I get to my destination I plug into a TV with the supplied cable and viola the kids can watch their DVDs. I honestly wouldn't even mind if they downsampled the video to native TV resolution if that helped the MPAA not have seizures that you can put a dvd on the ipod.
And yes, I know that I can use OSS tools and spend a little time converting all my video files to Mpeg4 or h.264 but for the masses a one click solution from Apple would work best.
Yes, I am a big enough ass that if the clerk at the store doesn't even look at me during a rather large transaction, never speaks to me and asks me as I'm leaving to check the ID on the card that I've already put back in my wallet that I don't hand it back.
You have two choices at that point: Detain me (illegally) for trying to walk out with merchandise that I have a valid receipt for, or complete a void on that sale before I hit the door and shop somewhere else. Either way the clerk needs to at least check the card at the time of the sale.
I always write "See ID" on the back of my cards. Most people don't bother to check, but some do and then I tell them this story.
When my wife and I were out appliance shopping we went into the local Best Buy. We picked out a washer, dryer, and a couple of other things totaling about $1,800. When we got to the front the cashier was more interested in talking to the young girl standing next to the checkout stand than to even acknowledge my wife and I. With no greeting, and no eye contact, he completed the entire transaction and handed me back the card. It wasn't until I had put my wallet away that he asked to check the signatures. When he saw that the signature line said "See ID" he asked for my ID. I told him that I couldn't show him my ID because the card was stolen and it wouldn't match. His jaw dropped to the ground as he frantically started to void the transaction.
When I got his manager to the front I explained that by not checking before hand he had made the merchant liable for any damages caused by using the stolen card. When the manager told me, " if there had been a problem they would have simply voided the transaction, thus clearing any problems for the person whose card had been stolen." I pointed out that many credit card companies took out the transactions immediately, but processed the returns only after they had been "cleared" by the merchant. (Try it, Target & Best Buy will pull immediately, but not return for a couple of days.) Since they would have just tied up my entire credit limit, if my wife had been out using her legitimate card at a business dinner, it would have been declined causing great anguish on her part possibly opening to a pain and suffering type lawsuit.
I don't always resort to that story, but the kid ticked me off. I wonder if the manager even wrote him up for not acknowledging the customer.
I would agree. I used to play a computer version of acquire on my Kaypro as a child. I love this game. It is simple to learn, but complicated enough that it is challenging to win.